Henry Ford Health-Henry Ford Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Henry Ford Hospital's Radiation Oncology Residency is a small, close-knit academic program (one to two residents per year) embedded within Henry Ford Cancer, a multidisciplinary program serving a wide-ranging and pathologically diverse metro Detroit population. The curriculum emphasizes continuity through extended two-to-three month attending-based rotations, broad exposure to advanced technique (SBRT, HDR brachytherapy across multiple sites, MRI-guided/adaptive RT, TBI, TSI), and heavy integration with tumor boards spanning nearly every disease site. Research is structurally built in via six months of dedicated time, active participation in NRG and in-house clinical protocols, and access to physicist and radiobiology investigators, with residents regularly producing clinical and translational publications; the department also separately hosts an international research fellowship for physicians abroad, underscoring its research-facing identity. The program values well-rounded clinical development balanced with scholarly output rather than volume-driven training alone.